Hi guys!
I'm currently using a 2.5 year old MSI modern 15 (i7-10510U 16GB RAM) that has been alright but does stop responding occasionally. The battery's dead (10mins on full power), so I'm looking for a new laptop to replace it.
My budget is around $1800 for uni work (grad so pretty heavy use), I do a lot of data processing and analysis for research - multitask with lots of tabs open at once (10-30 chrome tabs + 2-4 word + 1-3 PowerPoint/PDF + 1-2 excel or an analysis program).
Size between 14-15.6" and good battery life is a plus (>6 hours). Ideally <2.3kg with at least 512GB SSD. Macbooks aren't ideal (need windows for some programs) and I've had bad experiences with Dell. I'm not fussed about the graphics.
I'll be using a desktop at home so the laptop will only be used at uni but I'll mainly be plugging it into a monitor too if that makes any difference?
I'm actually looking at these two right now, but not sure about their battery:
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/laptops-&-notebooks/gami…
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/laptops-&-notebooks/gami…
& open to other reccomendations
I have some JB HI-FI gift cards left (10%) too.
Goal is to have it last at least 3 years.
Thanks!
Just another option….
Replace battery of current MSI ~$100
I had an MSI 14 that used to stop responding. Checked event manager and wifi card driver was causing the issue. Replaced windows default driver to the manufacturers driver and completely fixed the problem.